about
Hilal Isler’s writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the Brooklyn Review, New York, the LA Review of Books online, & in McSweeney’s.
She's been awarded residency at Yaddo & MacDowell, & was named a Roxane Gay writing fellow by the Jack Jones Literary Arts Association. She is a 2022 Periplus fellow, under the mentorship of author Dina Nayeri.
Hilal's work has been recognized & funded by the Jerome Foundation, & the National Endowment for the Arts. She reads for the literary journal Ploughshares. Her doctorate is from the University of Pennsylvania, & she is founding editor of the Hennepin Review.
Recent fiction
something for nothing / wildness / winter, 2019, issue 25
nominated: pen/robert j. dau short story prize , 2021
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fiction
other writing
boxing in riyadh / new york magazine, the cut / january, 2020
*featured in "one great story," new york’s reading recommendation newsletter.
knit vest; ahmet mithat efendi; the sitting room//
the happy reader: penguin books international, literary supplement/summer, 2021
awards & fellowships
2022
2021
Pen/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers (nominee)
2019
2018
Loft Literary Center Fellow, via the Jerome Foundation & the National Endowment for the Arts
service
Hennepin Review
- I'm the founding editor of an online arts journal that publishes — exclusively!— the work of women &nonbinary creatives of color. Check us out!
Scholastic Young Writers Awards
- I'm one of the judges for the state of Minnesota. Learn more about the awards, here.
UPenn
- I interview undergraduate hopefuls! Here's more on the Penn Alumni Interview Program.
Ploughshares
- I'm a fiction reader for this fantastic literary journal.
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